LORAIN — A 27-year-old Lorain woman suffered multiple fractures and broken bones Saturday when she was allegedly assaulted by an intoxicated friend she was giving a ride home to.
Officers Richard Broz and Bryant Halsey responded to the 1400 block of Herbert Drive where they found Robert Starr, 20, running east through the apartment complex.
After a brief foot chase, Starr surrendered and was arrested by Halsey, according to a police report.
The victim told police she and Starr were at a friend’s house and she gave him a ride home because he was too intoxicated to drive, the report stated.
When the victim pulled into the parking lot of Starr’s Herbert Drive apartment complex about 7 a.m., she said she woke him up, the report stated. At that point, he became aggressive and demanded $100.
The woman said she refused and Starr began punching her in her face, according to the report.
Starr’s pregnant girlfriend, Melissa Ortiz, 27, exited her home and began yelling at him for being out with the victim, according to the report.
The victim said Starr threatened to kill her and burn her daughter and she heard him repeatedly shout at Ortiz to go get his pistol, the report stated.
Ortiz said she refused and told Starr to stop assaulting the woman because he was going to go to prison. She told officers she attempted to pull the victim away from Starr in an attempt to “save her life.”
The woman was transported to Mercy Regional Medical Center and treated for a fractured orbital bone, broken collar bone and fractured shoulder.
Starr was charged with felonious assault and obstructing official business. He is in the Lorain City Jail until his Tuesday arraignment, according to Capt. Roger Watkins.
According to Lorain Municipal court records, active warrants were issued for Starr on Feb. 14 on felonious assault, grand theft auto and eluding police stemming from a Feb. 6 incident.